Richard Hallward

Richard is founder and chairman of CEEQA and owner of its operating company Imagine Live Media. CEEQA is the leading market insight platform and main industry awards for commercial real estate investment in Central & Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe established in 2003, produced in association with PwC.

A diversity warrior and highly experienced organiser of shows and events, Richard has worked with the liked of Bob Geldof and Boomtown Rats, Morcheeba, Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Sister Sledge, Bananarama and Hot Chocolate. He has created and led numerous high profile transformative projects and enterprises across arts, culture, entertainment, government and business, among them Beyond Bedlam which culminated in the publication of the first mainstream anthology of poems by survivors of mental distress, and Fire Readings alongside Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Motion and Carol Ann Duffy. He is also founder and organiser of the Madnicity Pavilion for the 2022 Venice Biennale and founder of the Zabinski Foundation, among other projects.